Exercise 1
Complete the sentences using these verbs (in the correct form) + a preposition:
believe concentrate divide drive fill happen insist invite succeed
1) I wanted to go alone, but friends ________ coming with me.
2) I haven't seen Mike for ages. I wonder what has ________ him.
3) We've been ________ the party, but unfortunately we can't go.
4) It's a very large house. It's ________ four apartments.
5) I don't ________ ghosts. I think people imagine that they see them.
6) Steve gave me an empty bucket and told me to ________ it ________ water.
7) I was driving along when the car in front stopped suddenly. I couldn't stop in time and________ the back of it.
8) Don't try and do two things together. ________ one thing at a time.
9) It wasn't easy, but in the end we ________ finding a solution to the problem.
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1)
1 insisted
2 happened to
3 invited to
4 divided into
5 believe in
6 fill (it) with
7 drove into
8 Concentrate on
9 succeeded in
Exercise 2
Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.
1) There was a collision between a bus and a car.
A bus collided ________
2) I don't mind big cities, but I prefer small towns.
I prefer ________
3) I got all the information I needed from jane.
Jane provided me ________
4) This morning I bought a pair of shoes which cost £70.
This morning I spent ________
5) There are ten districts in the city.
The city is divided ________
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2)
1 A bus collided with a car
2 I prefer small towns to big cities
3 Jane provided me with all the information I needed
4 This morning I spent £70 on a pair of shoes
5 The city is divided into ten districts
Exercise 3
Put in the correct preposition. If the sentence is already complete, leave the space empty.
1) The school provides all its students ________ books.
2) A strange thing happened ________ me a few days ago.
3) Mark decided to give up sport to concentrate ________ his studies.
4) Money should be used well. I don't believe ________ wasting it.
5) present job isn't wonderful, but I prefer it ________ what I did before.
6) I hope you succeed ________ getting what you want.
7) As I was coming out of the room, I collided ________ somebody who was coming in.
8) There was an awful noise as the car crashed ________ a tree.
9) Patrick is a photographer. He specialises ________ sports photography.
10) Do you spend a lot of money ________ clothes?
11) I was amazed when Joe walked into the room. I couldn't believe ________ it.
12) Somebody broke ________ car and stole the radio.
13) I was quite cold, but Tom insisted ________ having the window open.
14) The teacher decided to split the class ________ four groups.
15) I filled the tank, but unfortunately I filled it ________ the wrong kind of petrol.
16) Some words are difficult to translate ________ one language ________ another.
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3)
1 with
2 to
3 on
4 in
5 to
6 in
7 with
8 into
9 in
10 on
11 – (no preposition)
12 into
13 on
14 into
15 with
16 from (one language) into another
Exercise 4
Use your own ideas to complete these sentences. Use a preposition.
1) I wanted to go out alone, but friend insisted ________
2) I spend a lot of money ________
3) I saw the accident. The car crashed ________
4) Chris prefers basketball ________
5) The restaurant we went to specialises ________
6) Shakespeare's plays have been translated ________
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4)
1 on coming with me.
2 on petrol
3 into a wall
4 to volleyball
5 in seafood
6 into many languages
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